Kota Kinabalu: A 41-year-old man was jailed four months by the Magistrate’s Court here for having a stolen laptop.
Md Soffiandy Abd Rahman pleaded guilty before Magistrate Wan Farrah Farriza Wan Ghazali to keeping a stolen Apple MacBook Pro laptop belonging to one Ng Lun Jing on Jan 23, this year, at 8pm, at Lorong Juta 2, Likas.
The charge was framed under Section 411 of the Penal Code which carries a jail term of up to five years or fine, or both, on conviction.
The court heard from the prosecution that the laptop was among items reported missing from the complainant’s shop in Inanam on Jan 6 after the premises was broken into.
Soffiandy was then arrested by police, who recovered the laptop from his backpack. The complainant identified the laptop as his, said the prosecution.
The court ordered Soffiandy to serve the sentence from the date of his arrest.
In another case, a 26-year-old woman was jailed eight weeks and fined RM1,000 or four weeks’ jail for theft.
Siti Nor Hanis admitted before Magistrate Dzul Elmy Yunus to stealing SGD50 from one Abu Bakar Md Arshad on Feb 1, at 4pm, at a reflexology premises in, Warisan Square, here.
She was charged under Section 380 of the Penal Code which carries a jail term of up to 10 years or a fine on conviction.
The prosecution informed the court that the complainant discovered that cash totalling about RM2,300 comprising Singapore dollars, Brunei dollars and ringgit kept in a wallet had gone missing at the said place.
Investigations found that the complainant had gone to the premises at 3pm for a body massage by Siti and placed a bag containing the cash in front of him within his sight.
However, he fell asleep during the session and, upon waking up, noticed that the bag had been moved.
At the time, only the complainant and Siti were inside the premises, and Siti was the only person who had access and opportunity to the complainant’s bag.
After the massage and when the shop closed, the complainant realised immediately that his cash was missing.
On Feb 2, at about 6.30pm, Siti was arrested to assist in investigations and the police seized several banknotes and that during identification of the exhibits, the complainant only recognised the SGD50 note as his.
The court ordered Siti to serve the sentence from the date of his arrest.
